"The Horse Dealer's Daughter," by D.H Lawrence, is a short story written in 1922. It portrays the theme of love and how love can make a family thrive - and the lack of love can decimate one. The character believed to be the protagonist is a daughter. Her parents have passed away and left her with three mean brothers Mable receives no love from her brothers; they are very mean toward her that they treat her like an outcast the narrator states the case of her as "Mabel sat on like one condemned." She has nothing to do except to be in the kitchen and prepare the food for the three brothers. The disintegration of the family is a reason for Mable's misery. The three brothers feel irresponsible toward her. The three express no feeling of love toward the poor girl and they don't even show a remorse for treating her likewise. Her family has lost its money and the farm where they live in is going to be sold to pay the debts. Each one of them has a different plan for the future, but none of them has a vacancy for the neglected girl "Joe felt quite safe himself, he didn't care about anything, since he felt safe himself" They asked her several times to go and live with her sister where she will be a servant. She spent her life serving her brothers so this option is out of her mind now. To portray the idea that she has no one to love her, the writer says that the only time in which Mable feels happily was the presence of her mother. So, in order to feel some of that happiness, she goes to the cemetery where her mother rests "It gave her sincere satisfaction to do this. She felt in immediate contact with the world of her mother". The way the three brothers treat her drives her crazy and makes her think of killing herself and free herself from this lingering misery. D.H Lawrence presents an insecure protagonist; she has no feelings of safety or love: "The girl was alone, a rather short, sullen-looking young woman of twenty-seven. She did not sh